Rebekah Scheinfeld
CHICAGO, IL—Mayor Rahm Emanuel appointed Rebekah Scheinfeld as commissioner of Chicago DOT. Her nomination is subject to Chicago City Council approval.

Scheinfeld serves the Chicago Transit Authority as chief planning officer and a senior vice president. Her duties include strategic planning for major capital projects and new public transit service.

She is an attorney who previously worked at Mayer Brown, representing public and private sector clients on major infrastructure and transportation projects.

Lindsay Robertson
GLOUCESTER, MA—Lindsay Robertson is joining GannonConsult, a leadership consultancy, as its director, based in Arlington, VA. She will be responsible for the planning and execution of the firm’s training, team building, and partnering practice, among other responsibilities.

Robertson previously served as director of the Eno Center for Transportation Leadership. For APTA, she is a member of the Human Resources Committee.

Gunay Gun
WASHINGTON, DC—Parsons Brinckerhoff has named Gunay Gun a project manager in its Washington office.

Before joining the firm, Gun was a program management consultant with various Virginia consulting firms, responsible for managing capital development programs on behalf of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, and Virginia DOT.

Dave Rich, Bill Fay
GREENVILLE, SC—Proterra Inc. announced the appointments of Dave Rich as chief financial officer and Bill Fay as vice president of sales.

Rich joins the company with 23 years of financial and business leadership experience, including 19 years in progressively responsible roles within Ford Motor Company. Most recently, he was chief financial officer at Toyota Boshoku America.

Fay has more than 20 years of industry experience, most recently with Clever Devices as vice president and managing director of North Carolina operations, where he led the Clever Care sales and service organization along with all OEM relationships. He also has held senior management positions with Digital Recorders, TwinVision, ElDorado National Bus Company, and Blue Bird.

Rick Cain
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—Rick Cain, administrator of the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority and director of the city’s Public Transportation and Parking Department since 2004, has announced his retirement effective Feb. 20, 2014. He has worked in public transportation for 23 years.

Cain is a graduate of the Leadership APTA Class of 2002 and a member of these APTA committees: Awards, Bus and Paratransit CEOs, Legislative, Marketing and Communications, Member Services, Small Operations, and Small Operations Steering, as well as the Streetcar Subcommittee.

Paul Sullivan
NEWARK, NJ—Paul Sullivan has been named a senior supervising engineer in the Newark office of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB).

Sullivan has 25 years of experience in planning and design for public transit systems and facilities in project management roles, across a wide range of rail and bus modes. Prior to joining PB, he worked for an international consulting engineering firm, responsible for managing large-scale transit projects across the U.S. He earlier was director of passenger facilities planning and engineering project manager for New Jersey Transit Corporation.

Tom Reese
SPOKANE, WA—URS Corporation has named Tom Reese operations manager of its Spokane office.

Reese has worked in both the public and private sectors in the Spokane area for more than 20 years. Most recently, he was director of business development for Lydig Construction. He also has served as economic development advisor in the mayor’s office and as an urban designer with the city’s planning department.

Edward La Guardia
PHILADELPHIA, PA—Edward La Guardia, P.E., has joined Michael Baker International as chief engineer of the firm’s rail and transit practice.

La Guardia has more than 34 years experience in the railroad industry. He previously worked for Philadelphia’s Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, managing the engineering, construction, and operating maintenance of the physical plant for all modes. of the transit authority in Philadelphia. For APTA, he is a member of the Commuter Rail and Rail Transit committees, Elevators and Escalators Technical Forum, and Rail Conference Planning Subcommittee.

Howard H. Haynes Jr.
ORLANDO, FL—Hill International has named Howard H. Haynes Jr., P.E., CCE, senior vice president in charge of the firm’s Construction Claims Group operations in Florida.

Haynes has more than 25 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry. Prior to joining Hill, he was senior vice president with Delta Consulting Group. Before that, he was president and founder of Haynes Massa & Associates.

William (Bill) Barringer, Clyde J. Hart Jr., Steven Neubauer, Scott Sauer, Shayne Gill, Michael Logue, Terry Ludban
ALEXANDRIA, VA—William (Bill) Barringer, director of grade crossing safety at Norfolk Southern Corporation, has been named chairman of Operation Lifesaver's board of directors. He succeeds Cliff Stayton, director of hazardous materials programs at CSX.

Clyde J. Hart Jr., a board member since 2007, was re-elected vice chairman, and Steven Neubauer, who joined the board in 2012, was elected secretary-treasurer.

The board also welcomed four new members: Scott Sauer, director of system safety, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia; Shayne Gill, program manager, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; Michael Logue, chief safety officer, Amtrak; and Terry Ludban, director of community affairs and safety, CSX.

Dominic Spaethling
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—HNTB Corporation announced the appointment of Dominic Spaethling as rail-transit market sector leader for the San Francisco region.

Spaethling has worked in the transportation industry for more than two decades. He comes to HNTB Corporation from Parsons Brinckerhoff, where he was a vice president. He also is a former planning manager for Amtrak in Oakland, CA.

John Howe
TORONTO, ON—John Howe has joined Parsons Brinckerhoff Halsall as vice president, strategic consulting. The firm is the Canadian operating company of Parsons Brinckerhoff.

Howe previously served as vice president, investment strategy and project evaluation, at Metrolinx, an agency of the Ontario government created to improve the coordination and integration of all modes of transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. He also has been senior infrastructure strategy advisor to the premier of Ontario; director, federal provincial infrastructure strategy; and director, Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Secretariat.  

Wael W. Safi
CINCINNATI, OH—The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees recently welcomed Wael W. Safi, Pharm.D., corporate functions and open innovation manager, San Francisco Bay Area and university relations, for Procter & Gamble.

He chaired the Cincinnati Health Department from 2010-2013.



Rick Stopfer
DALLAS, TX—Rick Stopfer, a former city official in Irving, TX, has been appointed to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors by the Irving City Council.

Stopfer was an Irving councilman from 1998-2012, the city’s deputy mayor pro tem from 2007-2008, and mayor pro tem from 2008-2009. He is a retired automotive consultant.

Steve Donald
BARRIE, ON—Steve Donald has joined Stantec as railway operations planning and modeling lead, based in the firm’s Barrie office.

Donald has worked in the railway industry for 30 years.